Opportunities for
Sea Change
Seeking current and aspiring BlueTech startup founders! ​
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Now accepting applications for our new community & network platform, The Shoreline
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Cohort 6 of our Startup Studio and Incubator will be in the Fall of 2025, with applications opening in the spring!
3 impact areas driving the development of a regenerative blue economy:
Coastal Resilience & Adaptation
15 Solutions Supported To Date
Environmental restoration such as mangroves and coral reefs, infrastructure for sea level rise and storm surge
Greenhouse Gas Reduction & Removal
14 Solutions Supported To Date
Seaweed farming, nature-based solutions, and decarbonization
Pollution
18 Solutions Supported To Date
Improving water quality and tackling plastic pollution both upstream and downstream
Become Part of the Next Wave of Sea Change Makers
Startup Studio / Incubator
Co-Create the Future of Ocean Innovation
Seaworthy Collective's flagship startup program, the Startup Studio and Incubator, is three month program supports BlueTech startups with solutions addressing greenhouse gas reduction and removal, coastal resilience and adaptation, and pollution. Founders can tap into Seaworthy's global network of 2,500 members, 250 mentors, and over $1 billion in combined assets.
Seaworthy has supported 40 startups and 78 founders over the past four years, with an intentional focus on supporting underrepresented founders. The program builds cohorts of both current and aspiring founders, offering a unique human-centered design, along with tailored support. It includes access to Seaworthy's community and resources, global network and services providers, 1-on-1 support, business curriculum, grants support, and opportunities for visibility. The program culminates in the Startup Showcase, celebrating the progress of startups supported throughout the year.
Partners NOAA and Environment Next provide full scholarships, valued at $25,000 each, enabling NO COST or equity requirements for participants - our most inclusive program to date!
Applications for Cohort 6 will open in the spring, with the cohort occurring in the fall of 2025.​
The Shoreline
Seaworthy Collective's new community & network platform, The Shoreline, leverages ecosystem mapping, regenerative frameworks, and AI, to enable more entrepreneurs to access support. Our platform provides automations for matchmaking network connections, tailored industry insights, and relevant resources and curricula, while still delivering 1 on 1 support (by humans) on a less intensive basis. Ultimately, The Shoreline will scale up access to our ecosystem so that no worthy entrepreneur is left without the support they need to keep going – after all, our blue planet is counting on them!
Empowering Sea Change Makers
Supporting early-stage and aspiring BlueTech founders with:
Community Building & Education
Catalytic Network Connections
Co-Founder & Operator
Talent
Access to Capital In Our Network
Startup Programs
Social & Economic Outcomes Since 2020
78
Current & aspiring entrepreneurs supported
70%
Underrepresented (female, BIPOC, and/or LGBTQ) founders supported
40
Total startups supported
41%
Female founders supported
$10M
Raised in grants and impact investments by Seaworthy startups
49%
BIPOC and/or LGBTQÂ founders supported
Interested in joining our next wave of Sea Change Makers?
Please submit the form below! There are no
prerequisites, we just ask you to complete a simple follow up survey.
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We are currently only accepting applicatiosn for support via our new platform, The Shoreline
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